When most baseball fans think back to the 1988 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland Athletics, they probably remember Kirk
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The 1988 Dodgers: Reliving the Championship Season
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1988 Los Angeles Dodgers Roster, Stats, Schedule, Postseason And Results
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September 6, 1985: Scoreless into the 13th, Mets get best of Dodgers on Strawberry's double – Society for American Baseball Research
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1988 NLCS: Dodgers vs. Mets - True Blue LA
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Jacob deGrom's Tough Task: Beat Two Aces in One Week - The New York Times
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Recalling the magic of the 1988 Dodgers – Orange County Register
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1988 Dodgers, NLCS Game 4: The Mike Scioscia home run - True Blue LA
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That was a cool feeling': An oral history of Kirk Gibson's iconic 1988 home run - Sports Illustrated
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Bermuda Dunes' Fred Claire has deep ties to Dodgers' last World Series